Delhi : Secretary General of IFWJ Parmanand Pandey said, ”We congratulate Government of Delhi for conducting surprise checks in the Delhi offices of Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar to find out the status of newspaper employees and about the implementation of Majithia Wage Awards. The raids were conducted by the special team of labour Inspectors, monitored by a senior PCS officer of U.P. cadre Kapil Kumar, presently on deputation to the Government of Delhi.”
Pandey said, ”We hope that the governments of other states will emulate the Government of Delhi to ensure the implementation of the Majithia Wage Board recommendations as per the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal has virtually shown the path for them. He has assured the employees that no injustice would be done to them. Delhi government has sent a questionnaire to all Delhi newspapers/ magazines to prepare the data to be submitted to the Supreme Court. This questionnaire is, more or less, similar to the IFWJ questionnaire that has been to you all.
”Almost all newspapers in Delhi have taken recourse to the dirty tricks circumvent the Working Journalists Act. Most of their employees are on the contract basis where, they are deprived of the statutory benefits like gratuity and other allowances. Payments are made to them, not on the basis of the Wage Board recommendations, but according to an ingenious formula, which is known as CTC.”
Pandey said, ”All our journalists and non-journalists comrades working for different newspapers are requested to prevail upon their governments of their states not to lose any further time in appointing the Labour Inspectors and ask them to start their work in full swing so that report could be submitted in three months time to the Supreme Court.”
KASHINATH MATALE
May 30, 2015 at 1:38 pm
CONGRATULATION TO THE CONCERNED DEPARTMENT AND GOVT OF DELHI.
I, ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTORS UNDER THE WORKING JOURNALIST ACT 1955, TO THE GOVT OF MAHARASHTRA.
THE OFFICE OF CM, GOVT OF MAHARASHTRA REPLY ME ON EMAIL AND TOLD THAT THE MATTER FORWARDED TO THE CONCERNED OFFICERS.
Madhavan
May 31, 2015 at 4:05 am
Kind attention: Mr Kapil Kumar, Special Officer, New Delhi
Sir, Please consider putting a Specimen Salary Slip under Majithia Wage Board recommendation.
You may please state the category (anyone from 1 to 8) under which the Specimen Salary Slip comes, Dearness Allowance applicable with month and year, Variable Pay, HRA, TA, applicable PF, etc.
This will put to rest all the miscalculations and cunning interpretations of some managements purely relying on workers ignorance and lack of unity.
I request Mr Parmanand Pandey, Mr S.K. Pande and Mr Colin Gonsalves to impress the Labour Department on this.
Thanks and regards, S. Madhavan
Ankit
June 2, 2015 at 6:40 am
Punjab Kesari, Delhi ka to bhagwan hi maalik hai.god blessed punjab kesari employee.